If Cena is really supposed to be Captain Hogan of the SS Make-a-Wish he should have saved Ryback from the Shield, shouted “your welcome” and then walked to the back. Saving a guy from being beaten up just so you can beat him up is a terrible way to prove how much you care about respect.

I was actually starting to admire Cena for defending Ryback despite being abandoned by him last time. He even seemed like a real good guy for a change…right up until the point Cena attacked Ryback for no real reason. Has no one informed wrestlers that attacking people outside of matches is assault? And is hence not something good guys should be doing. Especially if the person you’re beating up isn’t even a professional wrestler in the first place.

Since Brock left the first time the WWE seems to do this weird thing with every new guy who gets over where they bury him. Punk, MVP, Cody, Bryan, Caesaro, Ziggler, Swagger, they even did it with Kofi. It’s like a weird proving ground where they want to find out how passionate guys are.

WWE is ALL about bloodlines. One thing Vince generally has respect for is who your dad was. If Vince got along with your Dad or owed him a debt of gratitude then you’re aces in the WWE for as long as you want to hang around.

So if we’re going to keep putting WWE Superstars into movies can we get a Bray Wyatt flick please? And I don’t just mean a movie with Bray Wyatt playing some dude, I mean a movie about Bray Wyatt the character. Just take like, a bunch of the non-super powered plot points from inFamous and inFamous 2 and make him a boss cult leader in Louisiana after a natural disaster (with another one on the way). I’d see the crap out of that movie.

Me too. Wish WWE would realize that not every big guy has to be some strong, silent monster who can barely speak. If his Twitter is any indication, Big E’s got tons of personality and he’s one of the legit funniest guys they have. Wish he didn’t have to walk around glowering all the time. Why not try something different with a big guy wrestler?

I think the real issue is that dudes who are phenomenally big are always going to have immediate interest based solely on their size. If they’re big AND really strong, extra bonus. If they’re big, really strong AND talented wrestlers well, holy fuck, that’s the jackpot right there is what that is. If they’re big, really strong, talented wrestlers AND they’ve ultra charismatic in front of a microphone….pzt…blrubble…BZZZLP!!!11…DOES NOT COMPUTE…DOES NOT COMPUTE…DOES NOT COMPUTE…DOES NOT COMPUTE…

NXT is literally the only reason I keep “forgetting” to cancel Hulu Plus when my wife reminds me to. The 8 bucks or whatever is worth it to get a wrestling show I don’t have to hate-watch. The Divas division alone is a hundred times better

Brandon, I loved the home improvement shout out. I could totally see Jericho portraying the role of Tim Taylor and Ryder playing the role of the kids. Foley would obviously be Wilson because he doesn’t mind his own business.

Other Worsts: 1) Kaitlyn getting sexually harassed by Lawler on commentary
2) Cole and Lawler asking Ryback how it feels knowing he’s about to get beat up by the Shield as Cena watches from outside of the ring (part of me wishes Ryback heard this so he could say something like “it feels the exact same as the other hundred times Cena screwed me over)
3) It’s the first time we get the gorgeous Layla on TV in months and it was for her to be the token Brit in a shitty battle royale. Terrible.

Fandango is supposed to be super creepy, he’s like Troy Mclure.
I can’t believe Lawler’s front seat joke about AJ wasn’t mentioned. I’m guessing BStroud is just tired of pointing out Lawler’s awful antiquated jokes at this point, but Jesus that one was really over the line. Cole and JBL didn’t even awkwardly chuckle at his joke because they knew how shitty it was. To me it was the creepiest thing he’s ever said, and that is saying A LOT.

Best: Run-in by Fandango’s music (perfect considering it’s 10x more popular than Fandango himself)

Best: DIAGRAMS!!!

Best: “Is this because we haven’t hugged in a while?”

Best: Ryback continuing to be impressive on the mic

Best: “HE SAID SHUT UP!”

Best: Daniel Bryan working with The Shield

Worst: Dear God, William Regal’s body…

Worst: How many times is JBL going to say “World’s Toughest Vegan!”?

Worst: Are we supposed to believe that Tamina knocks AJ out cold and doesn’t just, you know, roll her out of the ring? Another storytelling win.

Also, I miss heel Lawler–if he were still heel, as soon as HHH’s music hit, I bet he would have said “Wait, so why did he send him that email?” (I realize that’s not really funny now because that’s what actually happened but for the couple minutes between HHH’s music hitting and him talking, it was pretty obvious that WWE wanted you to think Paul Heyman had been lying)

Also also, I’m starting to *gulp* LIKE Vickie. I used to cringe when I heard “EXCUSE ME!” but the last two times (especially last night) I genuinely laughed out loud.

I’m pretty sure that Big E’s new music is better than his old. After all, it STARTS with “I don’t need three, man, I need five”. I’d like to see what the lyrics are, but I’m gonna bet it’s a lot more tailored to Big E Langston’s character than his NXT theme was. Also, he held Ryder for at least an 8 count.

The regression of Cesaro over the last few months from “strong foreigner who is awesome at wrestling and makes good points about Americans” to “he yodels, and loses” is the stupidest thing they’ve done in a LONG time.

His greatest gimmick was waving the American flag and getting the marks to boo him (and by extension the flag). I think they took that away from him so as not to interfere with Swaggers push. Yodeling, while awesome, wasn’t an equal replacement.

The end of the Backstage Fallout video is hilarious… Dolph and AJ brought a change of clothes for after work but Big E is about to get into the car in his mankini. I love how he just doesn’t give a f*ck about anything.

Ryback as one of the wrestlers from Ren and Stimpy cracks me up every time, if they have him destroy everyone for a couple of months, only to lose a match where Santino gently bites the back of his neck until he falls asleep I would explode with (happy happy joy) joy!!

I would just like to thank everyone here who wouldn’t shut up about NXT, and more specifically, Regal/Ohno on NXT, because I just watched the show for the first time and holy shit it’s fantastic. It reminds me of old WCW Saturday Night(like seriously, a lot, like I got serious happy childhood nostalgia watching, it was glorious). The announce team was great. Is Maddox announcing on it all the time? Because he’s also great. I think I finally get why you guys like him so much. And Regal/Ohno, wow. The vignettes leading up to the match were awesome, the promos the two cut throughout were great(Regal: I’m sorry to my children for what I’m about to do-Holy shit I’ve missed you), and the match was amazingly brutal and exhausting for a 15 minute match. I can’t recommend watching the 4/10 episode on Hulu enough, especially if you love William Regal like I do.

I’ve loved watching NXT on YouTube (you can find shows up to 7/2012), and now I’m finally convinced to just get Hulu Plus (I thought “why would I pay $8?” but then I thought “uh, it’s only $8, stop being weird”)

I watched the Regal/Ohno episode on regular Hulu. The best thing is, They are probably gonna wrestle again, since Regal won and I imagine Ohno will get his win back. Just watching 4 minutes of vignettes has me convinced they might have the wrestling feud of the year right now.

Jericho has had a rough patch lately but, I agree, the Extreme Rules match with Punk was really good. I think it kinda got overlooked because that PPV had the Brock returns match with Cena and a really badass Sheamus/Bryan 2 out of 3 falls match. Best PPV WWE put on last year.

You guys are killing me with all the NXT talk. Do you have any idea how many diapers 9 dollars buys. I can’t afford Netflix and Hulu Plus and Hulu doesn’t have all 3 seasons of Wonderpets for wee baby DevilDinosaur.

I hope that Ryback doesn’t end up becoming the Shield’s leader. On the other hand it could lead us to a WarGames With team Ryback vs. team Cena. Who doesn’t want to see WarGames even if we know WWE will mess it up.

It’s funny how Kane & Daniel Bryan are both not good actors playing characters who are supposed to be awkward anyway, but for some reason Bryan’s bad acting is endearing while Kane is in this Uncanny Valley of stiffness.

I don’t know how to feel about the beginning of this Clash of Champions on NXT. For all intents and purposes it’s warming my heart to see Cesaro actually being his original awesome character and drawing heat from the crowd, and knowing that two weeks later he’s a yodeling full-fledged jobber.

I just watched this week’s episode of NXT and it truly is one of the best shows the WWE is putting out — if only because it is a pocket universe where Cesaro is still the United States Champion who is fighting competitive matches before Neutralizing people while still letting them keep their heat.